Ready & Unafraid

[SirNoodles]

Through a moment of nodding, Mark replies simply, "Nice." But then he adds on, "Don't take this offensively but I personally, having lived on a planet surrounded by greenery, don't see how a planet can be made of purely cities. To me it seems quite..." Mark searches for the right word. "Odd."
Then a sudden bang can be heard roughly from the top of the wall. It is quite loud and Mark is intrigued to discover what happened. So he then gets up and walks over to get a glimpse of what happened. Once it is in sight, a turret right on top of the wall has smoke hovering around it and it is seemingly broken. Two Onderonion Soldiers can be seen laughing at the top of the wall, yet slightly scared.
One of them, after a while, spots the crowd around at the scene and shouts, "Don't worry! It's nothing! Just a slight malfunction!"
Mark sighs and then makes his way to sit back down on the bench. "Excuse that", he says to Jenton, sounding rather annoyed. "Just some of the very few idiots who don't take this battle seriously. Once some higher-ranked soldiers arrive they'll probably get sacked. At this point in time we don't have time for people who can't take this seriously." Then truthfully Mark adds, "We fortunately take this seriously... Well most of us at least. Idiots like them are only a tiny minority. But the problem is that's one AA gun that could possibly be gone."
Mark hopes Jenton won't think about them and focus more on the others. After all, he was being truthful as the majority of the Royal Onderonion Army are highly-trained, serious, well-respectable soldiers.

 

[Jaz]

Jenton laughed at Mark's comment about Coruscant. "Believe me," He said, "I've thought that many times, myself. It's so loud"

He looked up at the two soldiers who were screwing around and gave Mark a sympathetic sigh. Jenton nodded, understandingly, as he spoke. "We'll just have to compensate," He said. He reclined on the bench and looked up at the sky. They still had quite a bit of time to kill, as far as he knew. "Is there anything else they need help with?" He asked.

 

[SirNoodles]

"Is there anything else they need help with?"
Mark shrugs. He truthfully doesn't really know at all. It seems as though all required civilian evacuations have already be carried out. The only problem with the defences is the two idiotic soldiers who thought it was funny to mess about with the AA gun. Mark then sees an opportunity of how they could help.
A high-ranked soldier (Mark can tell by the badge on his uniform) nearby, holding his gun is walking around slowly and is scanning the surroundings every once in a while. There is no doubt he is patrolling the streets. Mark gets up and walks over to him.
Respectfully, he says, "G'day to you sir. My name's Mark Darsten - son of Falcon Darsten." The soldier then nods in a manner to show he recognises who Mark is. "My..." He thinks of how to address the Jedi. "Jedi friend who is helping out and I are wondering if there's anything to do to help out."
For a good few moments the soldier silently stands there, visibly thinking. "Well there is a bunch of civilians down there", he replies, pointing down the roads. "Over there, they need people escorting them into the little ships where they'll travel in to the civilian camps. Earlier a few fights broke out and protests occurred. If you're up to keep an eye on the crowd, that'd be appreciated. We've room for more eyes down there if you wish."
Mark nods and replies, "Sure." Then the soldier nods dismissively and starts continuing his patrol. Mark then walks over to Jenton. "You up for keeping an eye on a crowd of troubled civilians?"

 

[Jaz]

Jenton stood by quietly, listening to the conversation between Mark and the other solider. When Mark gave him the job description, he nodded, "Let's go." He said. He followed Mark to the crowd and found a good vantage point at the top of a hill, but still close enough that he could break up any fights. He watched the crowd as they were led to the ships. A small skirmish broke out. Jenton ran down the hill, yelling, "Hey, none of that, break it up."

The two stopped fighting and Jenton returned to the hill, sighing. "Rowdy bunch," He noted.

 

[SirNoodles]

After arriving to the crowd, there is certainly a lot of commotion. Some of the Royal Onderonion Army are having to point guns at the crowd, yelling at them to stay back. Jenton is already onto a fight scene. "Why can't they just accept that this is for the best?" sighs Mark as he begins making his way to assist the Royal Onderonion Army soldiers.
There are lots of yelling and screaming especially aimed at the Onderonion soldiers. One of the crowd actually step forward and shove a soldier. "Get your hands off of a royal soldier!" yells the angered Onderonion soldier who is now pointing his gun at the crowd who back off slightly.
Mark approaches one of the soldiers and mutters, "Are all evac sights like this?"
"Nope", replies the soldier. "This is probably one of the worst ones. In the others, they all were too scared and worried."
Mark notices Jenton who has just broken up a fight. Mark then walks up to Jenton. "It's a bloody nightmare here. I'll bet you're glad Eris isn't here", says Mark.

 

[Jaz]

Jenton took a breath, "Damn straight," He said, exasperated with the situation. He sighed and watched the crowd. The soldiers seemed to have it mostly under control, even if by force. Jenton let them handle the crowd, which had, for the most part, settled down to a simmer. He laid back on the hill and rested his eyes for a second before opening them back up to fulfill his task of watching the refugees. The stress was weighing down on him for the first time, and he let out a whooshing breath.

 

[SirNoodles]

Whilst Jenton is at the top of the hill Mark is still down by the crowd. As he is, for today and the next few days, kind of working in the Royal Onderonion Army again and he has a job to do.
The crowd still remains angry, confused and worried. A few more fights have broken out and a lot of cursing towards the soldiers has been on and off. Half of these people haven't even been given a full explanation on the situation and are just being taken to a place they don't even know.
"Oi!" comes an angry voice. Mark is too busy day-dreaming to realise it is aimed at him. Then he receives a shove and turns back on again. "I said for you to listen to me!" growls an angry man who has just shoved him. "My wife, kids and I are-"
Mark then, angered, points a gun at him and jabs him in the chest with the gun point. "Back off!" growls Mark, furious. "Don't you place your hands on any soldier again!"
The man's face slowly starts turning red. He seems just as angry at mark - if not, angrier. "Don't talk to me like that", growls the man. He then punches Mark in the face. "We don't even know what the bloody hell we're here for! Where are you taking us?"
Mark then looks up at the man. He then does what he knows he should do. He, with the end of his gun, smacks the man in the face - not too hard. The man then drops to the floor and a little boy can be heard crying - no doubt his child. "What did I say?" demands Mark, who is now handcuffing the man's hands behind his back.
Mark then, by the handcuff, pulls the man up and faces the crowd. "Listen to me, all of you!" he shouts as loud as he can. The crowd goes silent. "It appears to me that all of you want an explanation! You are all being evacuated from your homes to a location safe from any harm! Why? The Sith, in a few days, are invading Iziz and we need you all safe!" Then looking at the man he has arrested, "Anybody committing assault to each other or even to a soldier will be arrested!"
He then walks off, taking the man and his family over to a ship.

 

[Jaz]

Jenton ran down the hill to help Mark escort the crowd into the ship, glaring at anyone who tried to start something. He took up the back to make sure no one got left behind or tried to stay behind. When they started to board, he ushered them in, saying, "C'mon people, get on, let's move,". After a long few minutes, everyone was on board.

"Thanks, you two," One of the soldiers said.

Jenton bowed slightly, "You're welcome."

The soldier returned the bow before darting off. Jenton turned to Mark, "Well, that's that."

 

[SirNoodles]

"Well that's that", says Jenton.
Mark shrugs. Finally the evacuations are pretty much done. Well of course a few crowds still remain to pick up but the majority have been evacuated. In a few hours Iziz's walls will be fully closed and not to open again until the invasion is over. Anyone to pass over Onderon in a ship will most likely be shot down unless they can identify themselves correctly over the radio.
"As far as I'm concerned", replies Mark, answering truthfully as he can, "I think most preparations are pretty much done. Well atleast in the sections we can help in. More border security is to begin soon. That way anyone entering or leaving will have to show ID... Well I suppose that had already been going on. After all we are in a war state." Mark chuckles slightly as it is quite obvious what he just said. "They've still got to evacuate the king and the royal family who are with my dad. My dad doesn't want to leave so I guess he's staying."
Mark then looks around the area in hope of seeing anything they can help with. It appears to be that the only thing left to help with is patrol the perimeter and/or guard the city.